Christmas at my sister in laws - about 16 of us ranging in age from 16 - 81. 5 nights in Waiheke Island from 9-15 Jan and then I'm back to work. No Chrissy pressie for me this year as we had a month in Europe and have now purchased a 6 person spa pool which arrives next week.

Tinytawny - I have pm'd you.

its in my outbox!!

We have not yet decided Barry, wherever we can get as we will probably leave it to the last minute as usual.

If your in the Coromandel, I will have a cool beer and boat

You may regret that Barrie :lol:

I have the PC on most mornings early so let me know... or call the cell

Westerly winds dont allow me to go out as the ramp faces norwest

Got the tree up already, going to the parents for xmas lunch then the inlaws for tea then going to jacks bay in the catlins for a couple of weeks.

Just on here to whinge now. Not having Christmas any more My little baby Luca who is 4 months old has an infection and it will be a children's ward Christmas. Sigh. On a positive note it does mean we can avoid all the family crap which sometimes comes with Christmas, and I get to just spend Christmas with my husband and two beautiful boys. And some medical professionals!

Hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas

Sorry to hear that TTK - I hope Luca is okay!

I'm sure you will have a lovely Christmas in hospital as the staff go all out to make it so for those who are too ill to be at home.

I am sure Luca will be better soon.

I hope Luca gets better too!

Im sure you will, as a family have a great Christmas though.

Visiting family, eating too much and *still* digging the tyre garden :lol:

Sorry to hear about Luca TTK. You'll be joking about this with Luca in the future....'Remember your first Christmas Luca? We certainly do'

Hows your little one tinytawny?

HI, sorry I didn't mean to make this thread all about Luca! We are home now, as of midday. l It was a really nice day actually, first time Christmas has been low key with just my husband and the children. Luca is much better, has finished his IV antibiotics and sent home on oral ones. They aren't really sure what the infection was but thankfully ruled out meningitis and leukaemia just to be safe. Whew. The children's ward was a sea of sparkling fairy lights and there was a big sack of gifts for him waiting next to his cot when we woke in the morning - really generous, from various companies, banks, charities, etc. I can imagine it would be very hard for a family with a really sick child though.

That is so good to hear! I'm glad he is doing well now.

Great news to hear and hopefully all will be good from now on.

We had a really nice day with family and their respective partners etc. It was pretty hot up here but Christmas lunch consisted of the traditional turkey with new potatoes and a great range of salads instead of the roast vegetables that I remember having as a child many many years ago. Today my son & his partner departed for Whangamata, my daughter heads to Papamoa on Monday to meet up with her boyfriend and my niece departs on New Years eve heading to Uganda with the Christian Tear Fund to help build a school over there so it will be a while until we are all together again.